Notice2024-00126
Notice of Inventory Completion: Bonanzaville, Cass County Historical Society, West Fargo, ND
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Published
January 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Bonanzaville, Cass County Historical Society (Bonanzaville) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were removed from unknown locations in either North Dakota or South Dakota.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 954-955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00126]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037197; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Bonanzaville, Cass County
Historical Society, West Fargo, ND
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Bonanzaville, Cass County Historical Society
(Bonanzaville) has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and Indian Tribes in this notice. The human remains were
removed from unknown locations in either North Dakota or South Dakota.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 7, 2024.
ADDRESSES: David Hubin, Curator, Bonanzaville, Cass County Historical
Society, 1351 Main Avenue West, West Fargo, ND 58078, telephone (701)
282-2822, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#76121e03141f183614191817180c17001f1a1a135815191b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cbafa3bea9a2a58ba9a4a5aaa5b1aabda2a7a7aee5a8a4a6">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of
Bonanzaville. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by Bonanzaville.
Description
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown location. The human remains, a
bracelet made of human finger and toe bones, were loaned to the State
Teachers College in Moorhead, MN, which would later become the Clay
County Historical Society in Moorhead, MN, by Usher Burdick. It was
part of a larger collection of Native American items loaned by Burdick
for display starting in 1930. In 1970, at the request of Quentin
Burdick (Usher's son), the collection was transferred to the Cass
County Historical Society, ND, for display in their new Native American
Museum with full ownership. The finger bone bracelet is mentioned in
several early inventories, but no other information is given on how
Usher Burdick received the items. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Usher Burdick was a member of the North Dakota State House of
Representatives from 1907 to 1911 and served as Speaker in 1909. He was
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 1911 to 1913 and served as
assistant United States district attorney for North Dakota from 1929 to
1932. Burdick was a State Representative for North Dakota from 1935 to
1944 and again from 1949-1959. His service to North Dakota led him to
many relationships with tribal leaders in North and South Dakota who
either gave him or sold him Native American items. We can only assume
that these human remains were given to him in the same manner.
A physical examination of the human remains by Phoebe Stubblefield,
Professor of Forensic Anthropology at the University of North Dakota
and Paul Picha, Chief Anthropologist at the State Historical Society of
North Dakota revealed some additional clues. They confirmed the bones
to be human and the bracelet contains a combination of first distal
phalange from thumbs and first toe and distal phalange from other four
digits. Stubblefield concluded that the human remains had spent some
time buried and may have spent some time on a scaffold. Each bone has
had a precise hole drilled suggesting a modern drill bit. Both
Stubblefield and Picha estimate the age to be 100-150 years old based
on native customs and the decomposition of the bones. Based on the
physical evidence, we could not determine race or tribal affiliation.
Because of its inclusion in the Native American collection given by
Burdick and his collecting habits, staff has deduced that the human
remains are Native American remains from a North Dakota or South Dakota
Tribe.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Bonanzaville has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule
Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Oglala Sioux
Tribe; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South
Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
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2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after February 7, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Bonanzaville must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Bonanzaville is responsible for sending a copy
of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00126 Filed 1-5-24; 8:45 am]
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